Nozzle



Nn. 615,757. Patented nec.' 27, |898.' J. WRIGHT.

NOZZLE.

(Application filed Mar. 26, 1898.) (No Middel.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES VRIGIIT, OF ROSLYN, IVASI-IINGTON.

.NOZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,757, dated December27, 1898.

Serial No. 675,291. (No model.)

T a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES WRIGHT, a resident of Roslyn, in the county ofKittitas and State of -Washington, have made certain new and usefulImprovements in Nozzles, of which the following` is a full, clear, andexact speciiication. l

My invention is an improvement in hosenozzles, having for an object toprovide means for the protection of firemen and others iighting fire inclose quarters by furnishing the nozzle with an attachment by `which asmall stream or spray may be discharged upon the person it is desired toprotect; and the invention consists in the novel construction of thenozzle, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a nozzle provided with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is an end View thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail view ofthe plug-valve. Fig. 4 is a detail view of a washer, and Fig. 5 showsthe nut for securing the plug-valve.

The nozzle A may be generally of ordinary form, either as shown orotherwise, as desired, and is provided with an extension B to one side,such extension forming a valvechamber for the plug-valve C, which ts theseat D in the casing B and has a port E, which :may be turned into andout of register with the port F in the casing B, such port F opening atone end into the bore G of the nozzle and at its other end rearwardlyout of the casing B, so it will discharge rearwardly when the valve C isopen. The valve C is supplied with a washer H and a securing-nut I atone end and has at its other end the handle J. The handle .I of thevalve operates within a recess K, formed vat one side of thevalve-casing B, the handle lying wholly within the recess K, so it willnot be accidentally struck at any time in manipulating the nozzle. Itwill also be seen that the handle J may be readily grasped when it isdesired to turn the valve open or shut. By this valve and constructionof ports I am able to discharge by the back pressure in the nozzle astream rearwardly from the port F onto the fireman or other personoperating the hose, and the port F is widened laterally, so it willdeliver a stream of considerable width, the

force of which may be regulated by the eX- tent to which the valve C maybe turned, and it is obvious the nozzle may be partially rotated fromtime to time and otherwise manip- 5 5 ulated to secure a delivery ordischarge of the protecting-stream to any point desired by the hoseman.

By my invention I provide for delivering the protecting-stream by theparty manipu- 6o lating the hose, thus avoiding the necessity of aseparate hosernan to discharge the protecting-stream on the one in theexposed position and putting the control of the protecting-stream in thehands of the one to be protected, so its use and extent can be regulatedby him as the occasion may require.

The invention will be found useful in protecting firemen or othersentering burning structures or structures or locations wherein the smokeis so dense that they could not otherwise enter in safety.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A hose-nozzle having at one side a valvecasing having a portcommunicating withlthe bore of the nozzle and its outer end arranged todischarge a protecting-stream upon the hoseman, and the valve operatingin said cas- 8o ing substantially as set forth.

2. A nozzle having at one side a valve-casing provided with a portcommunicating with the bore of the nozzle such casing being provided atone end with a recess, and the valve turning in the casing andcontrolling the port thereof and provided with a handle lying in the endrecess of the casing substantially as -set forth.

3. A nozzle having a valve-casing provided 9o

